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[Jonathan Morton]

>The stop() method in the Applet can be overridden to close the socket there.
>This method is called when the applet is replaced by another page.
>I have a suspicion however that some browsers (probably Netscape)
>may not call this properly, in which case you've had it. (or use the Java
>Plug-in).

That sounds like a good idea, actually.  Netsape isn't affected by the
original problem, so this fix is safe.

>Anyway I don't think the odd socket floating around would cause too
>much in the way of resource hogging, as next time you connected
>(from anywhere), the VNC server would drop the connection.

It's not just a "spare socket" flying around - it's the entire applet,
still connected, still responding to the network, still sending
FrameBufferUpdateRequests and receiving network-hogging updates.

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from:     Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
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uni-mail: j.d.morton "at" lancaster.ac.uk

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